The Coca-Cola Company cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, The Coca-Cola Company's operations generated $7.41bn of cash; it spent $2.11bn on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $5.30bn. It returned $8.78bn in dividends and $746m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMOct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 8.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 16.2 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Stock-based pay | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Capital spending | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Free cash flow | 6.2 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 14.3 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 14.0 |
| Dividends paid | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.2 |
| Share buybacks | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Shares issued | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Apr 2026 | 2026 Q2Jul 2026 | 2026 Q3Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 3,951 | −5,202 | 3,811 | 5,043 | 3,756 | 2,021 | 5,522 | 4,928 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 276 | 267 | 279 | 268 | 236 | 264 | 266 | 253 |
| Stock-based pay | 79 | 63 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 56 | 61 | 77 |
| Capital spending | 803 | 309 | 442 | 479 | 882 | 266 | 418 | 379 |
| Free cash flow | 3,148 | −5,511 | 3,369 | 4,564 | 2,874 | 1,755 | 5,104 | 4,549 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 3,069 | −5,574 | 3,302 | 4,490 | 2,799 | 1,699 | 5,043 | 4,472 |
| Shares issued | 30 | 159 | 64 | 20 | 70 | 155 | 96 | 104 |
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